Carotid revascularization improves cognition in patients with carotid stenosis.

Magdalena Piegza, Paweł Dębski, Gniewko Więckiewicz, Joanna Smolarczyk, Izabela Jaworska, Jacek Piegza

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Perioperative Cognitive Decline in Verbal Associative Memory Following Carotid Revascularization and Subsequent Risk of Adverse Events: Clinical Significance of the Standard Verbal Paired Associate Learning Test (S-PA).Brain sciences · 2026
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Magdalena PiegzaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 42-612, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland. mpiegza@sum.edu.pl.

Paweł DębskiDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 42-612, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland.

Gniewko WięckiewiczDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 42-612, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland.

Joanna SmolarczykDepartment of Psychoprophylaxis, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 42-612, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland.

Izabela JaworskaDepartment of Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland.

Jacek PiegzaThird Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, 41-800, Zabrze, Poland.

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Abstract

Patients with atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries are at risk of ischemic stroke and cognitive decline due to emboli and chronic hypoperfusion of brain tissue. Revascularization procedures improve cerebral hemodynamics, which has some effect on cognitive function. Some authors suggest that the presence of stenosis in the carotid arteries is an independent factor influencing cognitive decline. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the degree of stenosis of a stented carotid artery and attentional performance in individuals with carotid atherosclerosis. A prospective longitudinal study was conducted at a single center involving patients during cardiology hospitalization (T-1) and 1 year after hospital admission (T-2) for invasive treatment of carotid stenosis. The attention D2 test by R. Brickenkamp was used. The study showed that a critical degree of internal carotid artery stenosis is associated with poorer attentional performance in individuals undergoing carotid artery stenting. However, the ability to concentrate improved one year after the procedure in all groups of patients who underwent carotid artery stenting, regardless of the degree of internal carotid artery stenosis. It was also found that the side of the vasoconstriction (right/left) in patients with atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries has no influence on cognitive functions in relation to attention.

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Carotid StenosisCognitionAgedAttentionCognitive DysfunctionFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesStentsTreatment OutcomeAttentionCarotid artery stenosisCarotid artery stentingCognitive functionsD2 test of attention

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PMID39962133

DOI10.1038/s41598-025-90204-y

PMCPMC11832917

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